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No. 385,841. Patented July 10, 1888.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,841, dated July 10,1888.

Application filed November 3, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, EMIL L. BURKLUND, of XVahoo, in the county ofSaunders and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Inr provedEnd-Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in end-gates, and has for itsobject to provide an end-gate which may be operated without descendingfrom the wagon.

The invention consists in an end-gate constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 a side view of a wagonbody, showing the end-gate in closedposition. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the end-gate serving as aseat on the wagoabody, andFig. 3 is an end view of the end-gate inclosed position. Fig. 4 is a side view of a wagon-body, showing amodification in the removable hinge-connection. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection on line a, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail in section and partsbroken away of the modified hinge-connection. Fig. 7 is a detail sectionon line i 3 Fig. 4. Fig. Sis a detail section on line 2 .2, Fig. 4..

in this invention an end-gate is removably pivoted at its lower edge toawagon-body, and is provided with levers connected to the wagonbody,whereby it is movcdin and out of position by a person in the wagon.

1 indicates the end-gate constructed in any suitable manner, and, ashere shown, formed with side parts, 2, braced by metalliestraps 3 andoverlapping awagon-bodyA. Thegatel is pivoted to the body 1 by means ofarod, 5, which may be tubular to render it light, and passes throughsleeves or loops 6 on the wagon-body and through an opening, in thestrips 7, fastened to the side parts, 2. The rod 5 is secured in placeby a pin, 8, passing through it at one end, and a split pin, 9, insertedthrough it at the other end. The lower ends of the side parts, 2, arecurved, as at 18, and rest upon the ends 19 of a strip, 20, secured tothe rear edge of the wagon-body, whereby the gate may rock on its loweredge independently of rod 5 and sleeves 6.

Serial No. 254,172. (No model.)

The gate is operated and held in closed position by means of a levermechanism, as follows: A lever, 10, with handle 11, is pivoted at 12 toa strip, 13, formed or secured on the wagon-body. At the end of thelever is pivoted, by means of a removable pin, 14, a bar, 15, which inturn is pivoted to brackets 16, projecting from the side edges of theend gate 1. Thejoint between the lever 10 and bar 15 may be madeadjustable by meansofholes17, in which the pin 14 may be secured, bywhich adjustment greater range of movement of the end-gate 1 isobtained. By means of the le ver mechanism above described the gate 1may be tilted backward on its lower edge, so as to afford greater loadcapacity, the side parts, 2, serving to form an extension of the lowerside of the wagon-body. \Vhen it is desired to use the end-gate for(lumping or unloading, the pin 9 is removed, and the rod 5 is slippedout of the sleeves 6. The gate may then be thrown out at its lower end,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, being held in place at the lower endby the curved ends 18 of the sides 2, bearing on the ends 19 of strip20. If it is desired to move the endgate out of the way, it may bethrown or carried by means of the lever 15 and bar 10, so as to bebrought down upon the top of the wagon-body and serve as a seat, asshown in Fig. 2. It will be observed in all these operations that thegate may be handled by a person in the wagon catching hold of the handle11.

In some wagons the location of the wheels would interfere with the readyremoval of the hinge-connection. To obviate this objection I may use theconstruction shown in Figs. 4 to S, in lieu of the hinge-connectionshown in other figures. The endgate 1 has a tubular rod, 20, inserted inmetallic eyes or bent strips 21, secured, as shown, to the lower edge ofend-gate. The ends of the rod 20 will be about even with the side edgesof the end-gate.

To a block, 22, on each side of the wagonbody 4 is fastened a metallicspringstrip, 23, extending past the end of rod 20, and having a block,21, secured thereto by a bolt or pin, 25, and a nut, 26. The block 24isformed with a groove, 27, to receive the end of tubular rod 20, and ahandle, 28, to release the Metallic strips 29, bent block 2 1 therefrom.

as shown, with their ends 30 inserted in slots '31 in the sideatandsecured by screws 32, serve to retain the strips 23in horizontalposition.

The end of arm 15 is pivoted to a bolt, 33, passing through side 2 ofendgate, and an angle-plate, 34, with fastening-screw 35, held in placeby a nut, 36. By means of this hingeconneetion, just described, thelower edge of the end-gate may be easily detached and en gaged in hingedposition.

By means of this invention an end-gate is provided which is easilyhandled without descending from the wagon, and which can be movedwithout difficulty and placed on the wagon-bodyto form a seat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An end-gate supported upon the wagon and having a lever mechanismpivoted to the wagon-body, whereby it may be tilted to dump or release aload or be moved to the top of the wagon-body to be out of the way andserve as a seat, substantially as described.

2. An end-gate pivoted at its lower edge to a wagon-body and connectedwith the latter at its upper end by means of a lever mechanism,wherebyit may be closed or inclined outward at the end of thewagon-body, substantially as described.

lever 10 and bar 15, connected therewith, of

the end-gate 1, having extensions 2, the removable hinge-rod 5, and thesleeves 6, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the wagon-body4, having cross-strip 20", of theend'gate 1, having sides 2, curved at 18 and removably hinged to thewagonbody, the lever 12, fulcrumed to the body, and the connecting-bar15, substantially as shown and described.

EMILL. BURKLUND.

XVitnessesi T. J. HOLLANDER, O. A. J OHNSON.

